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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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