MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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