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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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