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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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