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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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