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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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