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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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