MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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