MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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