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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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