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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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