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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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