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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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