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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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