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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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