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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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