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
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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