MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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