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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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