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.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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