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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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