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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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