MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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