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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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