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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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