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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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