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.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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