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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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