MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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