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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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