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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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