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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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