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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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