MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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