MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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