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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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