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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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