MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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