MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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