MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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