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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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