MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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