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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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