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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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