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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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