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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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