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.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
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