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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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