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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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