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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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