MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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