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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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