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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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