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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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