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.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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