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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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