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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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