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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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