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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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