MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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