MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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