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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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