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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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