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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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