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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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