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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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