MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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