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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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