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
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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