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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education have empowered
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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