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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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