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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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