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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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