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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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