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.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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