MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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