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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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