MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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