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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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