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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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