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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Finland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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