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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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