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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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