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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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