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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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