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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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