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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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