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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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