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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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