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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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