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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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