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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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