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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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