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 impressive 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
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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