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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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