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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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