MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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