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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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