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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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