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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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