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
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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