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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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