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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major 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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