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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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