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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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