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.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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