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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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