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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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