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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|