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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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