MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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