MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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