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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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