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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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