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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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