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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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