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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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