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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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