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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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