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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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