MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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