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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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