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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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