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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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