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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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