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
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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