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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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