MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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