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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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