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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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