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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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