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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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