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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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