MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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