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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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