MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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