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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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