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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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