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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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