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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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