MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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