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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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