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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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