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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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