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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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