MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates 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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