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.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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