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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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