MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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