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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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