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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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