MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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