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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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