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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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