MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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