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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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