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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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