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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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