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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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