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
book
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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