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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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