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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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