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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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