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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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