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
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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