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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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