MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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