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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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