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.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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