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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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