MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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