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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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