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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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