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
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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