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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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