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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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