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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
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
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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