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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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