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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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