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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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