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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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