MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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