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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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