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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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