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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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