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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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