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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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