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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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