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
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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