MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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