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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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