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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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