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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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