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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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