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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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