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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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