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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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