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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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