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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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