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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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