MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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