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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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