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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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