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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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