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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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