MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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