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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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