MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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