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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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