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
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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