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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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