MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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