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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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