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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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