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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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