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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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