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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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