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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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