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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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