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 is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
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 online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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