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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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