MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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