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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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