MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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