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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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