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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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