MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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