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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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