MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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