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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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