MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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