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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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