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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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