MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Boston University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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