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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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