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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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