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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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