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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also addresses the
major 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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