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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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