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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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