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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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