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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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