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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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