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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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