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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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