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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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