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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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