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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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