MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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