MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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