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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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