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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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