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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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