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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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