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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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