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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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