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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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