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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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