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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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