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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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