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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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