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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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