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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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