MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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