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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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