MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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