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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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