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
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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