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 Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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