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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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