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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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