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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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