MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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