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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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