MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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