MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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