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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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