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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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