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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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