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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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