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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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