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
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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