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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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