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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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