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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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