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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning have empowered
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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