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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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