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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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