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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
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