MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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