MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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