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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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