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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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