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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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