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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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