MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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