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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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