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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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