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
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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