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
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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