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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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