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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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