MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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