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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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