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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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