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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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