MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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