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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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