MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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