MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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