MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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