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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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