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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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