MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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