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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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