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 Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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