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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|