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
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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