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 interesting 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
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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