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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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