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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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