MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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