MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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