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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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