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 Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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