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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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