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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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