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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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