MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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