MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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