MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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