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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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