MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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