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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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