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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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