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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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