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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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