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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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