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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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