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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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