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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Italy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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