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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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