MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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