MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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