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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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