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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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