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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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