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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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