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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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