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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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