MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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