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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Panama to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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