MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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