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
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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