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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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