MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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