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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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