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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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