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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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