MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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