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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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