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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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