MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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