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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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