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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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