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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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