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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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