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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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