MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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