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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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