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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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