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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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