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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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