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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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