MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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