MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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