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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
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
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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