MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning enable
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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