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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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