MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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