MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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