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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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