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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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