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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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