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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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