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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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