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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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