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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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