MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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