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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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