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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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