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 is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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