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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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