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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important 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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