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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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