MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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