MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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