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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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