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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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