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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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