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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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