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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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