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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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