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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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