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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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