MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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