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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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