MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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