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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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