MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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