MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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