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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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