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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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