MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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