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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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