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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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