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 is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
e-learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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