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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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