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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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