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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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