MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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