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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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