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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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