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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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