MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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