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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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