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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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