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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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