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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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