MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major 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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