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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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