MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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