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 Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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