MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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