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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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