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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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