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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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