MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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