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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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