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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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