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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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