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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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