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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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