MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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