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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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