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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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