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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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