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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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