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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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