MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic 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 addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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