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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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