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 is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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