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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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