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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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