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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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