MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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