MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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