MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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