MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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