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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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