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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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