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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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