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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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