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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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