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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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