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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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