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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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