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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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