MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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