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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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