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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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