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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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