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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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