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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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