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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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