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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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