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
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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