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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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