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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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