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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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