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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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