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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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