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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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