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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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