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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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