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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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