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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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