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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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