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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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