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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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