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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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