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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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