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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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