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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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