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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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