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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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