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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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