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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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