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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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