MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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