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
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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