MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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