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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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