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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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