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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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