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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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