MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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