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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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