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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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