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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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