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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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