MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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